Research

I have conducted research in various areas of mathematics, data science, and computer science. My advisors are Mark Carpenter (Statistics) and Hal Schenck (Algebraic Geometry), and I am currently working on projects in both fields.

Major graduate school experiences so far:

• [Upcoming] Multigraded and differential graded methods in commutative algebra: Summer Graduate School at St. Mary’s College.
• Macaulay2, Computational Algebraic Geometry and String Theory: workshop and conference at the University of Utah, May 28 through June 5.
• A talk at my department’s Fall 2023 Graduate Student Seminar about an independent project conducted during my Spring 2023 Algebra independent study with my advisor Hal Schenck.

History of undergraduate research activities:

• Presidential Fellowship research at Murray State University (my undergrad institution),
• an REU in Algebra & Discrete Mathematics at Auburn University, and
• an REU in Computational Science at Louisiana State University.

Original publications/writings:

• “Friends in Z_n”, a paper coauthored with Dr. Peter Johnson at my Auburn REU, and
• Quantum Dimension Polynomials: A Networked-Numbers Game Approach, my Honors Thesis at Murray State.